With Valheim now available on Xbox, a surge of new players will be stepping into this Viking survival adventure. To help ease your journey, here are over 50 essential tips and tricks that will improve your gameplay experience. This guide covers survival basics, combat strategies, farming, building, and more—all while avoiding major spoilers. Let’s dive in!

General Gameplay Tips

1. Characters Are Not Locked to a Single World

Your character can freely move between worlds while retaining all unlocked skills, crafting recipes, and inventory items.

2. Resting Buff for Faster Regeneration

Sitting near a fire or staying in a shelter grants a resting buff in 20 seconds, increasing:

• +200% HP regen
• +300% stamina regen

Sleeping or resting for longer grants the Rested Bonus, which provides:

• +50% health regen
• +100% stamina regen
• +50% XP gain
• Buff duration: 8–25 minutes

3. Avoid Getting Wet

Being wet reduces health regen by 25% and stamina regen by 15%. It also makes you weaker to frost and lightning but resistant to fire.

4. Leveling Up Skills

Skills improve through repeated use, such as running, jumping, swimming, and weapon usage. However, dying reduces all skills by 5% unless protected by the No Skill Drain effect (lasts 10 minutes after respawning).

5. Recovering Your Items After Death

Your items remain in a gravestone marked on your map. After retrieving them, you gain the Corpse Run buff for 50 seconds, which:

• Reduces stamina use for running and jumping by 75%
• Increases resistance to blunt, slash, and pierce damage
• Restores 10 HP per second
• Increases carrying weight by 150

Combat & Survival Tips

6. Avoid Swimming Without Stamina

If you run out of stamina while swimming, you lose HP rapidly and will drown if you don’t reach land in time.

7. Boss Summoning & Exploration

Each biome (except the ocean) has a boss that must be summoned in specific locations. Interact with the Eikthyr boss locator at the starting spawn area to begin.

8. Do Not Destroy Berry Bushes

Berries regenerate over time, so leave the bushes intact for future harvesting.

9. Chop Trees Efficiently

Cut trees so they fall into others to speed up wood gathering.

10. Pre-Existing Structures Contain Free Resources

Use a workbench to deconstruct abandoned structures and gather free wood and stone.

11. Safely Remove Beehives

Beehives found in structures can be removed safely using a bow and arrow or by deconstructing the structure.

12. Mining Trick for Ore

When mining ore embedded in terrain, dig beneath it. Ore blocks will break instantly once all supporting terrain is removed.

13. Workbenches Prevent Enemy Spawning

Placing a workbench in an area prevents enemies from spawning nearby and also stops items from despawning.

Building & Crafting Tips

14. Structural Integrity Matters

Player-built structures have a stability color scale:

• Blue = Most stable (attached to ground)
• Green to Yellow = Stable
• Orange to Red = Weak (likely to break)

15. Roofs are Required for Beds & Workbenches

Both beds and workbenches require a roof above them to be functional.

16. Cancelling a Crafting Action

If you accidentally start crafting the wrong item, click Craft again to cancel it before completion.

17. Increase Comfort Level for a Longer Rested Buff

Adding rugs, banners, furniture, and other decorations within 10 meters increases the comfort level and extends the Rested Bonus duration.

18. Proper Ventilation for Fires

Fires require ventilation to prevent smoke buildup, which can suffocate your character indoors.

19. Repairs Are Free

Repairing structures and equipment costs nothing—do it often!

20. Create Coal from Overcooked Food

Burnt food turns into coal, which is useful for smelting metal.

21. Sleep to Speed Up Processing

Sleeping will fast-forward time, helping process ores, food, and smelting faster.

Travel & Exploration Tips

22. Portals Make Travel Easier

Set up a portal near your spawn to quickly switch Boss Powers and travel efficiently.

23. Portal Names Are Case Sensitive

Only two portals with the same exact name will link together.

24. Honey Production Limit

Beehives can store a maximum of 4 honey at a time—collect often!

25. Some Seeds Only Grow in Specific Biomes

To check if a crop will grow, plant one first before committing to a large farm.

26. Food is Essential, But You Won’t Starve

Your HP will drop to 25 and stamina to 50 if unfed, but you won’t die from starvation.

27. Cooking Stations Can Be Stacked

Multiple cooking stations can be placed over a single fire for efficiency.

28. Use Light Sources to Repel Creatures

Greylings, Greydwarfs, Boars, and Necks fear torches and campfires—hold one to keep them at bay.

29. Enemies Are More Dangerous at Night

More enemies spawn at night, and they are usually stronger.

30. Know Enemy Weaknesses

• Yellow damage = Enemy is weak
• White damage = Neutral
• Gray damage = Enemy is resistant

31. Parrying for Combat Advantage

A well-timed parry cancels damage, stuns enemies, and makes them take extra damage.

32. Dodge Rolling Provides I-Frames

Dodge rolling grants invulnerability frames (i-frames), allowing you to avoid damage.

33. Raids Scale with Boss Kills

Raids happen every 46 minutes and get tougher as you defeat more bosses.

34. Best Early Weapon: The Flint Knife

The Flint Knife has a powerful backstab for hunting deer before you obtain a bow.

35. The Stagbreaker Can Hit Through Walls

This two-handed club deals area damage through doors and walls—perfect for dungeons.

36. Arrows Drop Down and Left

Aim above and to the right when shooting at long distances.

37. Stay Upwind When Hunting Deer

Deer smell players downwind—approach against the wind to avoid scaring them.

38. Mark Important Locations on Your Map

Use map markers to keep track of resources and points of interest.

39. Jumping Out of Boats Stops Them Instantly

If you need to stop a boat immediately, jump out—it will come to a full stop.

Final Thoughts

These 50+ tips will ensure a smooth journey through Valheim. Whether you’re farming, fighting, or building, these tricks will enhance your survival and efficiency. Keep adventuring, and may Odin guide your path!